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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
2
Cordz and Son offer white and colored woolen serges for separate skirts and suits. Cottons flaxons voiles tissues and many white fabrics priced at 25 cents per yard. New assortments at 18 and 25 cents per yard. Pereales in shades 18 cents. Also extensive selection of women's waists and summer dresses. Taffeta and crepe de chine and georgette crepe in bright colors priced between 1.65 and 1.85.
The Salem area reports donations to the Red Cross for Jasper by Saturday and notes from a recent church patriotic meeting with a Salem band, recitations, and remarks. Farmers face heavy rains, replanting corn, and pest issues while roads worsen. local folks organize Lynnland Red Cross, study mortality in poultry, and plan a Jasper sale next Saturday.
Miss Maurine Kerrick is noted at Zion with preaching next Sunday morning and night May 1 with Alberta Bradley visiting Velma Mackey. G. W. Hough and wife and Mrs.
A readers notice urges compliance with United States Food Administration flour sale limits and warns of penalties. The column then lists multiple local social visits, visits, moves, and gatherings in Carthage and nearby areas, including family visits, a Mothers Day program, and community notes alongside brief mentions of weather affecting turnout.
Edna Yates mentioned in notes from Blue and Bethel. Daisy Livingston and families visit various neighbors. New baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Lilly on April 15. Several calls and visits among Mitch ell, Hiner, Lilly, Quillin, Serafine, and Opstott families. Carthage visitors include Jim White and family. Multiple afternoons and Sundays spent with local households.
A playful note reports cows in the county joining the Win the War Club as they greet a neighbor named Mrs Jersey. The short amused exchange highlights rural life and communal wartime spirit with a light tone.
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